Belle River and Monroe Power Plant retirements announced.

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Re: Belle River and Monroe Power Plant retirements announced

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With the end of thermal coal shipments on the Great Lakes now in sight and the fact that the blast furnaces at steel mills along the Great Lakes are now all over 35 years in age, it's makes a person wonder if a new lock at the Soo is really going to be necessary. With an 8 to 10 year construction span, it would be finished just about the time the Belle River Power Plant closes and who knows what will be left of the steel industry at that point in time.
Higgy

Re: Belle River and Monroe Power Plant retirements announced

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Just means they'll be building new coal powerplants down the road when readily accessible natural gas supplies are exhausted.
Duluthian

Re: Belle River and Monroe Power Plant retirements announced

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Guest wrote:Welcome news ! Scientific facts are winning the 'climate change' struggle.
Good news for the planet, but bad news for Great Lakes shipping. I'm not sure what dry bulk commodity will replace coal. Hard to imagine GLF, ASC, and ISC running the same number of ships after 2023 (when the St. Clair, Trenton, and River Rouge plants are closing).
Guest

Re: Belle River and Monroe Power Plant retirements announced

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Welcome news ! Scientific facts are winning the 'climate change' struggle.
Guest

Belle River and Monroe Power Plant retirements announced.

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Dte Electric announced on May 16 that the Belle River Power Plant will be retired in 2030 and the Monroe Power Plant will be retired in 2040. The company had previously announced that the St Clair, River Rouge and Trenton power plants will be retired by 2023. DTE will be coal free when the Monroe Plant is closed. All the coal-fired plants will be replaced by new natural gas fired power plants along with new renewable energy sources.
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